I welcome the news that the Council will be keeping the Old Town library open for the same hours as before the transfer of the Arts Centre until at least June when the libraries review is completed. People in Old Town will continue to have the same access to their local library until June after a new operator took over the running of the Arts Centre. Wyvern Theatre Ltd, who operate the Wyvern Theatre, officially took the reins of the…
Old Town Councillor, Nadine Watts, has expressed concern over the loss of opening hours at the Old Town library in the Arts Centre. Old Town Councillor, Nadine Watts, has expressed concern over the loss of opening hours at the Old Town library in the Arts Centre. Currently the Old Town library is open for 38 hours a week with 18 paid staffed hours, however from April 1st with HQ Theatres taking over the running of the Arts Centre, the Old Town…
First the Oasis and Wyvern and now the Arts Centre. Conservatives picking the assets off one-by-one. People now see for themselves that Lydiard Park, Stanton Park, Coate Water Country Park, The Platform and STEAM are to face the same fate. All this is being done in the name of austerity and at the behest of a government policy of privatisation of public services. Going, Going, Gone: a phrase we are more familiar with today, especially with TV programmes that show…